Pint Sized Picasso

It was supposed to rain today (a lot) so I decided to make some finger paints for the Twinkies to have fun with while we were stuck inside*.  I found an edible finger paint recipe on Pinterest (of course) a few months ago.  Tanner and Abigail gave the ingredients and recipe to their friend, Levi, for his second birthday a few weeks ago.  His mom, Jaime, made it and said it was great...YEAH!

I cooked it up this morning and let it cool for a few hours while we played outside (still not raining), had a snack, and watched Sesame Street.  I cut apart a trash bag and laid it on the kitchen floor and put two large coloring pages on top for them to "paint" on.  I thought this might make clean up a little easier.  I stripped Tanner and Abigail down to their diapers to assure that their clothes would remain paint-free.

Once I plopped the paint on the paper and showed them how to smear it around, Tanner took off.  He wanted nothing to do with finger-painting.  Abigail enjoyed it and was doing such a great job painting BOTH pictures.  As you can see I removed the trash bag because it was getting stuck to Abigail's feet and messy hands, which made the paper crumple and irritated the artist.

She didn't get that messy and what she did smear on herself cleaned off easily with a wet paper towel.  In the end there was only one tiny blob of paint on the floor.  She didn't try eating it until the very end.  She approached me with a green finger tip and told her, "You can eat it."  At that point she tasted it, but never stuffed her face with it (which is what Tanner would have done).

                                 EDIBLE FINGER PAINT

                    

2 T. sugar

1/3 c. flour

2 c. water

food coloring

1.  Combine sugar and flour in small saucepan.  Add water and stir with a wire whisk until smooth.

2.  Cook on med/high heat, stirring continually, until mixture thickens.

3.  Divide paint into small (child-friendly/safe) containers, one for each color you will make.  Add food coloring and stir until desired color is achieved.  Paint will thicken as it cools.

4.  Let paint cool completely before using.

                    

*  I am writing this post at 2:00 and not one drop has fallen from the sky (yet).  We canceled a play date this morning because the weather men were forecasting monsoon-like precipitation.  Thanks guys!